EFCC Desperate To Execute Hatchet Job For Unknown Interests – Yahaya Bello’s Media Office
The Media Office of the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has accused the EFCC of being desperate to execute a hatchet job for unknown interests bent on tarnishing the image of the former governor for political reasons and other considerations best known to them.
The media office, in a statement issued on Wednesday night by its Director, Ohiare Michael and made available to Team@orientactualmags.com said this had been made evident by the various operational and procedural blunders committed by the anti-corruption agency since it began the alleged money laundering case against Bello.
It described the statements released by the EFCC the same Wednesday, titled, ‘Yahaya Bello Must Have His Day in Court’ as ‘a face-saving but badly scripted statement’.
The former governor’s media team specifically noted that the EFCC had already shown to the world that there was more to its fixation on Kogi State and ex-governor Bello than its purported fight against corruption.
Ohiare referred to the events of last Wednesday when the former governor voluntarily submitted himself to the agency but was not interrogated or detained after four hours only for the EFCC officers to launch an attack on the Kogi Government Lodge at night.
He said, ‘If the EFCC was truly interested in prosecution and not a deal by some unknown persons to humiliate the former governor and probably harm him for political reasons, would the agency not have taken him in on that day with a view to arraigning him on the next adjourned date? Why turn a money laundering allegation into an embarrassment for the whole country ostensibly to massage the ego of some collaborators?
We want Nigerians to help us ask: ‘What exactly does the EFCC want from former Governor Yahaya Bello?’
‘His Excellency, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, will have his day in court. No one is contesting this. But it will be in line with the rule of law, not as prescribed by the EFCC’ the statement added- Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com. Thank yo
